Donna M. Lovejoy

Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial for Donna M. Lovejoy, 78, a resident of Davenport, will be 1 p.m. Thursday, August 3, 2006, at Holy Family Catholic Church. Burial will be in the National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation will be today from 4 until 7 p.m. at the Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, where a prayer service will be offered at 6 p.m. Mrs. Lovejoy died on Monday, July 31, 2006, at Bettendorf Health Care.
Donna Mae Strathman was born April 17, 1928, in Pocahontas, Iowa, a daughter of Frank and Ann (Dultmeier) Strathman. She was united in marriage to Warren A. "Ward" Lovejoy on January 18, 1949, in Pocahontas, Iowa. He preceded her in death April 19, 2005.
Donna was a homemaker and also did the bookkeeping for her husband, Ward, who had been the owner and operator of Home Hardware, Davenport, for over 30 years.
Memorials can be made to the family for a memorial to be established in Donna's name.
Survivors include her children; daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Ann and Ron Soenksen, Davenport; and Lt. Col. Rose Ann and Manny Ramirez, USAF, San Antonio, Texas; and sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and Georgia Lovejoy, Bettendorf; Frank and Debbie Lovejoy, Davenport; Steve and Cindy Lovejoy, Bettendorf; and Tony and Sheila Lovejoy, Davenport; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Grace Charlesworth, Falls Church, Va., and Betty Kemmer, Pocahontas, Iowa; two brothers, Eugene "Tike" Strathman, Pocahontas, Iowa, and Gerald and Isabel Strathman, West Branch, Iowa, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Her parents, two sisters, Rose Ann Glade, and Katherine Byrd, and one brother, Frank Strathman preceded her in death. May they rest in peace. The Lovejoy family wishes to thank both Beacon of Hope Hospice and Bettendorf Health Care for their loving care and support.
Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting Donna's obituary at www.hmdfuneralhome.com.